The Fabric of Masculinity: Professionalism, Fraternity Letters, and Family Roles

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I thoroughly enjoy competition, watching others compete in particular. Project Runway, a reality-television competition to find the next top American fashion designer, has taken up the free time I have between visiting my family in Texas and traveling the U.S. I was excited to see the creativity that all the contestants brought to the show, more for the designers that played with gender roles and...

Confronting Rape Culture

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In reflecting back before I wrote this post, I remember hearing fewer people in my life make "jokes" about rape or make comments supporting rape culture in the last few years. I believe this is due to most of my friends or acquaintances are involved in higer education in some way and have been confronted about how inappropriate comments that support rape culture truly are for the work they are...

The Manpendium: Programmatic Considerations

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I like to read. Whenever I give people a tour of my (admittedly small) apartment, the first thing I always show them is my bookcase. Even more than my running paraphernalia or degree, it’s the pride of my living arrangement. I have it meticulously organized: education books on top, classics and favorite authors (David Foster Wallace and Haruki Murakami feature heavily) below those, fiction on the...

Hegemonic Masculinity and Adult Entertainment: Fighting Reinforcement

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Over the course of the past academic year, I’ve had the fortunate experience of engaging in discussions with large groups of men at my institution regarding sexual assault prevention. While traditional prevention programs target women from a safety-based perspective and target men from a “why this is bad” viewpoint, I wanted to take a different tactic. Ultimately, the goal of my discussions with...

Opening the Conversation

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Dan Tillapaugh, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in Higher Education, University of Maine Chair, Standing Committee on Men & Masculinities Connect with Dan on Twitter: @dtillapaugh “What comes to mind for you when you hear the word ‘masculinity?’” This is a question I ask in my line of research on gay males and how they make meaning of their multiple identities, specifically their sexual identity...